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the pentagon can also test some new technology it helped pay for, like israel's iron dome. in all the exercise will refer 3500 hus troops. they'll be training over three weeks in parts of israel, europe and the mediterranean. the chairman of the joint chiefs said the u.s. did not want to be come police it in a u.s. israeli attack on iran. >> i think it's a big deal and it's meant to be a big deal. >> reporter: republicans have accused president obama of em boldening iran. >> the president said he was going to put daylight between us and israel. >> reporter: for a president preparing for his final national security debate, the timing of the troops arriving in israel couldn't be better. >> it also by the way helps president obama in his re-election to reassure people that u.s.-israeli ties are strong. >> that said, it doesn't appear to be any political planning behind the schedule here. they have these exercises on a smaller scale every two years. this one was scheduled for earlier in the spring but had to be rescheduled because the israelis wanted to postpone it. but you're
the pentagon can also test some new technology it helped pay for, like israel's iron dome. in all the exercise will refer 3500 hus troops. they'll be training over three weeks in parts of israel, europe and the mediterranean. the chairman of the joint chiefs said the u.s. did not want to be come police it in a u.s. israeli attack on iran. >> i think it's a big deal and it's meant to be a big deal. >> reporter: republicans have accused president obama of em boldening iran. >>...
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the prestige of the pentagon is on the line here because this pentagon cannot continue that military relationship with the egyptian military if they are going to remain in charge of the government there and not turn it back to democracy. the status quo cannot continue as it is. this will become a growing problem. >> barbara, standby. i want iran watson in cairo to standby. hala gorani is gathering information. hundreds of thousands gathering at tahrir square to protest what's going on. there is a report from the state-run middle east news agency that hosni mubarak is clinically dead. we're seeking more information on that. much more out of egypt right after this. s do this s do this i am from baltimore south carolina... bloomington, california... austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've ear
the prestige of the pentagon is on the line here because this pentagon cannot continue that military relationship with the egyptian military if they are going to remain in charge of the government there and not turn it back to democracy. the status quo cannot continue as it is. this will become a growing problem. >> barbara, standby. i want iran watson in cairo to standby. hala gorani is gathering information. hundreds of thousands gathering at tahrir square to protest what's going on....
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deficits when they propose $7 trillion in new spending between tax cuts for the well think and the pentagon spending for which they have no plan to pay. so saying you have a plan for the future doesn't mean you do. what he has is the one-point plan the president has been talking about, which is the same plan that got us into this mess in the first place. >> the main argument they're making, he did it in his opening remarks in the last debate and the closing remarks, is that more people are unemployed, more people are on foot stamps, more people are in poverty right now than they were four years ago, why re-elect a president who has a dismal record they say like this. >> the reason they're behind in this race, wolf, is because that's been their mantra from the beginning. everybody in this country knows where we were when this president took office and understands that we're in a better place now. we have more work to do. but the last thing we need to do is go back to the tax cuts for the well think, deregulating wall street, taking care of folks at the top. abandoning the middle class. that
deficits when they propose $7 trillion in new spending between tax cuts for the well think and the pentagon spending for which they have no plan to pay. so saying you have a plan for the future doesn't mean you do. what he has is the one-point plan the president has been talking about, which is the same plan that got us into this mess in the first place. >> the main argument they're making, he did it in his opening remarks in the last debate and the closing remarks, is that more people...
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our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr is working that story for us. what are you seeing, barbara? what's going on? >> wolf, the question on the table today is russia changing its mind about syria. there has been good news. russia has agreed no new shipments into syria as long as the country remains so unstable. influential russian analysts saying if it came to it russia would not resist if there was military intervention inside syria. but russia is also making other moves with its ships and being call add flotilla. let's go to the map. there are a number of ships, at least four, that have left a northern port are making their way all the way around europe through the mediterranean on a journey to the syrian port of tartous. they are likely to be joined by other ships along the way in this flotilla. russia says it's all part of a training exercise. the white house says it's not too worried. but let's go to another map. there are two other ships, military cargo ships, also on the move from russia to syria. they are transiting today through the turkish s
our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr is working that story for us. what are you seeing, barbara? what's going on? >> wolf, the question on the table today is russia changing its mind about syria. there has been good news. russia has agreed no new shipments into syria as long as the country remains so unstable. influential russian analysts saying if it came to it russia would not resist if there was military intervention inside syria. but russia is also making other moves with its...
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let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i assume they are pretty surprised and alarmed by the successful launch over at the pentagon? >> look, wolf, because of everything you just mentioned, indeed, the u.s. military, the intelligence committee have been watching north korea for days now 24/7 because they did expect to launch and they announced it. but they were having technical problems so a lot thought it wouldn't happen until next week. when it happened last week, there was a surprise. the north korean anchor's excitement was clear. >> announcing the launch of a long-range rocket that put a north korean satellite to orbit around the earth. they clearly achieved one goal raising everyone's anxiety level. >> this is a step towards the ability to build a long-range missile that could strike parts of the united states. >> but i don't think this really was a great advance forward. i think in terms of the per accepting in north korea, this has changed the way the neighbors think about it. >> in an interview with erin burnett,
let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i assume they are pretty surprised and alarmed by the successful launch over at the pentagon? >> look, wolf, because of everything you just mentioned, indeed, the u.s. military, the intelligence committee have been watching north korea for days now 24/7 because they did expect to launch and they announced it. but they were having technical problems so a lot thought it wouldn't happen until next week. when it happened last week, there...
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>> thanks very much, jill dougherty at the pentagon. swift response to the attack including the deployment of a marine force. chris lawrence is working that part of the story for us. chris, what are you picking up over there? >> well, wolf, we now know the 50 man marine team, the special quick response team is now on the ground in tripoli in there in libya. they're going to be helping beef up security there for the american diplomats who are still in libya as well as helping to evacuate more americans if that becomes necessary. we've also now learned that certain troops and units all around the world have been notified that they may be moved to u.s. embassies around the world to help beef up some of the security there. we believe that only applies to some of the troops that are stationed overseas, not troops back here in the u.s. wolf? >> what about president obama, chris? he said that justice will be done. what's going on in that regard? because that suggests to me the u.s. will try to hunt down those responsible for the killing of tho
>> thanks very much, jill dougherty at the pentagon. swift response to the attack including the deployment of a marine force. chris lawrence is working that part of the story for us. chris, what are you picking up over there? >> well, wolf, we now know the 50 man marine team, the special quick response team is now on the ground in tripoli in there in libya. they're going to be helping beef up security there for the american diplomats who are still in libya as well as helping to...
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chris lawrence at the pentagon. coming up in our strategy session, mitt romney, he got booed today over the naacp convention in houston, but why he still may be accomplishing a larger goal when it comes to african-american voters. donna brazile, anna navarro are here in "the situation room." and horror stories from airline passenger who is are glad to be alive. >> i thought we were going to die. it was scary. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you thousands in out-of-pocket
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wolf. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks very much. by the way, here's the part of the white house statement just released. statement released by the national security council spokesman among other things saying "the president arrives in new york for the u.n. on september 24th and departs on tuesday september 25 9. the prime minister doesn't arrive in new york until later in the week. they're simply not in the city at the same time. but the president and prime minister are in frequent contact. and the prime minister will meet with other senior officials including secretary clinton during his visit." much more on this story coming up later. >>> another sign president obama's getting a bounce out of the democratic national convention. just in, results from our brand new cnn/orc poll. they show the president's approval rating is now 51%, 44% disapproving. after spending the last half of 2011 in the mid-40s, the president's approval rating has been hovering near the all-important 50% mark for most of the year. today exactly eight weeks fro
wolf. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks very much. by the way, here's the part of the white house statement just released. statement released by the national security council spokesman among other things saying "the president arrives in new york for the u.n. on september 24th and departs on tuesday september 25 9. the prime minister doesn't arrive in new york until later in the week. they're simply not in the city at the same time. but the president and prime minister are in...
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the pentagon is not looking for a shooting war with the iranians. top officials are very clear about this. but what were the iranians up to? are they trying to send a signal of more aggressiveness over those critical oil shipping lanes? the pentagon, the obama administration can only let the iranians go so far. if they try this again, that's really the key question. it might have been an unmanned drone, but how far do you really let the iranians go in such a critical economic area, wolf? >> all right, barbara. i know you'll stay on top of this. thank you. let's get back to politics. right now president obama certainly owes his re-election to an extremely well-organized campaign. you know all about the rallies. you know about the political ads, the armys of volunteers. but you may not know very much about the campaign and how much it knew about you. you. our brian todd has been digging into the data crunching that helped the campaign tailor its winning strategy, data mining as it's called. >> right. >> it's a fascinating detail. explain to our viewer
the pentagon is not looking for a shooting war with the iranians. top officials are very clear about this. but what were the iranians up to? are they trying to send a signal of more aggressiveness over those critical oil shipping lanes? the pentagon, the obama administration can only let the iranians go so far. if they try this again, that's really the key question. it might have been an unmanned drone, but how far do you really let the iranians go in such a critical economic area, wolf?...
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the pentagon says this author, the former s.e.a.l., did not do that, that he had to. we talked to an expert lawyer about this matter about what this former s.e.a.l. could now be facing. >> the failure to submit it for such review is a violation per se of the agreement, flat-out violation, and subjects that individual to potential civil penalties. royalties being seized, any type of advance being seized. >> reporter: admiral mccraven even threatening to go as far as criminal prosecution if the troops violate their security agreements. that may be very tough to do, but that's what he's putting on the line. and now, wolf, as you say, there is a militant website, at least one of them, posting a picture of this navy s.e.a.l., calling if not a death threat for his life to be over, this is the very thing that the military worries about, that jihadists are going to find out who america's special forces are. now it looks like they have found out the identity of at least one of them. >> scary one of them. >> scary stuff. give me an example or two of the kind of classified infor
the pentagon says this author, the former s.e.a.l., did not do that, that he had to. we talked to an expert lawyer about this matter about what this former s.e.a.l. could now be facing. >> the failure to submit it for such review is a violation per se of the agreement, flat-out violation, and subjects that individual to potential civil penalties. royalties being seized, any type of advance being seized. >> reporter: admiral mccraven even threatening to go as far as criminal...
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a pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, is here in the situation room working the story. what's going on? >> wolf, from the state department you're getting adamant accusations against russia while the pentagon is being much more cautious. and at the center of it all are american troops. you may not think u.s. troops have anything to do with the situation in syria, here's why you'd be wrong. on wednesday hillary clinton doubled down. once again accusing russia of sending attack helicopters to syria. >> obviously we know because they confirm that they continue to deliver. and we believe that the situation is spiraling towards civil war. >> but while the state department is bluntly laying blame. >> on an hourly basis we are seeing russian and soviet-made weaponry used against civilians in towns all across syria. >> they're ducking the issue over at department of defense. >> but i'm not going to get into condemning the arms sales between two countries here. >> the reason for the split is as complicated as these squiggly lines. the northern distribution network winds through a
a pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, is here in the situation room working the story. what's going on? >> wolf, from the state department you're getting adamant accusations against russia while the pentagon is being much more cautious. and at the center of it all are american troops. you may not think u.s. troops have anything to do with the situation in syria, here's why you'd be wrong. on wednesday hillary clinton doubled down. once again accusing russia of sending attack...
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let's go to the pentagon. barbara, a lot of focus including from the secretary of state on russia and its military role in providing weapons to the syrian regime. >> and for good reason, wolf. russia is perhaps the main supplier of weaponry to the regime. the helicopter gunships causing havoc across the area for syrian opposition and syrian civilians. a furious secretary of state hillary clinton talked about that today and what she sees coming down the road. >> we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to syria. they have from time to time said that we shouldn't worry, everything they're shipping is unrelated to their actions internally. that's patently untrue. and we are concerned about the latest information that we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria, which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically. >> the secretary of state saying more russian helicopter gunships on their way to the regime forces. now, what are these helicopter guns
let's go to the pentagon. barbara, a lot of focus including from the secretary of state on russia and its military role in providing weapons to the syrian regime. >> and for good reason, wolf. russia is perhaps the main supplier of weaponry to the regime. the helicopter gunships causing havoc across the area for syrian opposition and syrian civilians. a furious secretary of state hillary clinton talked about that today and what she sees coming down the road. >> we have confronted...
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cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, tell us about this latest move. >> joe, general john allen, the u.s. nato commander in afghanistan now starting with his own headquarters but at all bases across the country ordering all troops to carry a magazine of ammunition in their weapon. this puts them about two seconds away to slide it back and drop a round in the chamber ready to fire. everyone will carry their weapon loaded at all times at nato headquarters and at bases around the country. you might think you know it's a war zone, isn't everybody already carrying a loaded weapon? but on these major bases like nato headquarters, generally it's only the security forces that carry their weapons loaded. now everybody, every job, no matter what they do, the crisis now over this whole issue of afghans killing u.s. troops it's affecting morale. it may be a small number of troops involved on the afghan side, but there's just a lot of concern that this is simply getting out of hand, joe. >> well, is there any way to sort of
cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, tell us about this latest move. >> joe, general john allen, the u.s. nato commander in afghanistan now starting with his own headquarters but at all bases across the country ordering all troops to carry a magazine of ammunition in their weapon. this puts them about two seconds away to slide it back and drop a round in the chamber ready to fire. everyone will carry their weapon loaded at all times at nato headquarters...
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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us from the pentagon. she has the latest information. what are they saying, barbara, over there? >> wolf, atthis hour, the defen secretary leon panetta is trying to reach out to israel's new leadership. plenty of reason to make that call. a salute from egypt's new defense minister to the man to brought him to power, egypt's president mohammed morsi. he is now the general the pentagon must do business with when it deals with egypt. it's a crucial u.s. military relationship, including massive military exercises, more than $1 billion a year in u.s. aid and access to egyptian air space and bases. president morsi ousted several generals in an apparent effort to consolidate his own fragile power. >> these generals that were pushed out are the highest ranks in egypt's military, and obviously all of these senior officers are hold owners from the mubarak regime. so trying to usher in a new political era, i think there's always an assumption that part of the battle is going to be over the right to appoint the most s
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us from the pentagon. she has the latest information. what are they saying, barbara, over there? >> wolf, atthis hour, the defen secretary leon panetta is trying to reach out to israel's new leadership. plenty of reason to make that call. a salute from egypt's new defense minister to the man to brought him to power, egypt's president mohammed morsi. he is now the general the pentagon must do business with when it deals with egypt. it's a...
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let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what's going on? >> you know, wolf, with so many officers misbehaving these days, in fact it could come to just that. pentagon investigators have zeroed in now on specific potentially inappropriate e-mails general john allen, the commander of the afghanistan war wrote to jill kelley. she's the socialite who gave her e-mails to the fbi, some that turned out to be from cia director david petraeus' mistress. allen, whose nomination to be military chief of nato is on hold, faces uncertainty. no one knows what the investigation will recommend. high profile problems with some of america's most senior military officers now a matter for the white house. this week president obama is to receive an initial report from the pentagon on fixing ethics training for senior officers. the majority of them do obey the rules, but it may not be enough. >> but if there's a perception of a problem with the american public for the military, then there's a big problem. >> reporter: mark says there are no excuses. >> clearly ev
let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what's going on? >> you know, wolf, with so many officers misbehaving these days, in fact it could come to just that. pentagon investigators have zeroed in now on specific potentially inappropriate e-mails general john allen, the commander of the afghanistan war wrote to jill kelley. she's the socialite who gave her e-mails to the fbi, some that turned out to be from cia director david petraeus' mistress. allen, whose nomination to be...
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our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has been looking into this. what's being considered for a u.s. role in afghanistan after the scheduled pull-out? >> reporter: if you thought 2014 was going to be the end of u.s. troops' involvement, that does not look to be the case. although publicly pentagon officials say it's too early, our source, a u.s. official is telling us that there are several options being discussed inside the pentagon, one of which is to keep about 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan past 2014. a small number of those troops would be special operations forces that would be dedicated to counterterrorism missions. the rest of the forces would either be training or advising afghan troops or providing medical support and air support, things like that. there are other options with fewer troops, some with more troops. but this one fits right in the middle of that spectrum. he also told me that one of the deal-breakers when it came to iraq, immunity for u.s. troop, in other words, that they wouldn't be prosecuted under local laws like afghan
our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has been looking into this. what's being considered for a u.s. role in afghanistan after the scheduled pull-out? >> reporter: if you thought 2014 was going to be the end of u.s. troops' involvement, that does not look to be the case. although publicly pentagon officials say it's too early, our source, a u.s. official is telling us that there are several options being discussed inside the pentagon, one of which is to keep about 10,000 u.s. troops...
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and the other has to do with the pentagon. and john mccain is the ranking republican on the armed services committee. i asked about how they're going to go forward with their investigation of general allen's alleged flirtatious e-mails with a woman. watch this. >> and i just was very surprised and the secretary of defense called me up and said that they were going to have a full investigation, that general allen denies any impropriety, so i think it's appropriate to have the investigation go forward and the senate armed forces committee look at it as well. >> are you comfortable with him serving in his current capacity? >> yes. i am -- i am comfortable with that. we need someone in charge. no one has ever argued that his performance of duty is not been excellent. but we are going forward with the hearing for his replacement, as you know. and that hearing, i'm sure will be resolved, this issue of succession. >> and again, that was senator mccain talking about the, now the scandal they're dealing with senator allen. making clear
and the other has to do with the pentagon. and john mccain is the ranking republican on the armed services committee. i asked about how they're going to go forward with their investigation of general allen's alleged flirtatious e-mails with a woman. watch this. >> and i just was very surprised and the secretary of defense called me up and said that they were going to have a full investigation, that general allen denies any impropriety, so i think it's appropriate to have the investigation...
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les get straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's got the latest. whwe know now, barbara? >> well, wolf, defense secretary panetta a little bit unexpectedly getting righ into the latest intelligenwhat he knows and what he doesn't know about syria's chemical apons. a top syrian opposition group claims itd these missiles in damascus and said they had been adapted torr chemical and ogil warheads. cnn cannot inpendentlyclaim. but no aewis from defenssecretary leon panetta. syria's chemical weapons have been on the move. and he's not sure what exactly has happened. >> there has been intelligence that there have been some moves that have taken place. where exactly that's taken place, we don't know. >> reporter: panetta insists that bashar al assad's forces still control the major chemical and biological sites, but there are security concerns. >> there has been some intelligence that with regards to some o these sites that there's been some movement in order to -- for the syrians to better secure what they -- the chemicals. >> reporter: rebels clearly are
les get straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's got the latest. whwe know now, barbara? >> well, wolf, defense secretary panetta a little bit unexpectedly getting righ into the latest intelligenwhat he knows and what he doesn't know about syria's chemical apons. a top syrian opposition group claims itd these missiles in damascus and said they had been adapted torr chemical and ogil warheads. cnn cannot inpendentlyclaim. but no aewis from defenssecretary leon panetta....
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in washington, a general salutes troops at a ceremony at the pentagon. in new york, rare phenomenon caught by a cnn ireporter, rachel coven. this can be viewed at the end of every east, west street when it alliance. a baby on its mother's chest. and look at this video from an i reporter. shows a window washer dangling in a broken rig on the side of a skyscraper in new york. he and his partner were stuck outside the 42nd floor. firefighters were able to pull them both to safety, and our i reporter caught it all on video. >>> lisa sylvester is watching stories, payout from wells fargo in a discrimination case. what happened? >> the justice department announced wells fargo agreed to pay $175 million to settle charges it discriminated against minority borrowers, justice accused them of pushing thousands of them into subprime loans and charging higher fees than white borrowers. they will pay $125 million to victims, 50 million will go to down payment assistance to borrowers in effected communities. >>> the woman that lives in this house says she thanks god sh
in washington, a general salutes troops at a ceremony at the pentagon. in new york, rare phenomenon caught by a cnn ireporter, rachel coven. this can be viewed at the end of every east, west street when it alliance. a baby on its mother's chest. and look at this video from an i reporter. shows a window washer dangling in a broken rig on the side of a skyscraper in new york. he and his partner were stuck outside the 42nd floor. firefighters were able to pull them both to safety, and our i...
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barbara starr sat the pentagon and has the latest on the mission. barbara? >> wolf, we all used to talk about the notion of capturing or killing terrorists. today, another incident, straight for the kill. >> reporter: abu yahya al libi was one of the most important al qaeda leaders, often appearing in videos, but not a front line fighter himself. >> this is an individual who can recruit for al qaeda by calling its jihad a holy war and obligation for its followers to join in and because he has this religious knowledge he's been able to justify al qaeda's campaign. >> reporter: he was killed by a cia drone strike in the border region, one of seven strikes in the last two weeks. overall the number of drone strikes has dropped. 22 strikes so far this year, compared to 32 for the same time period last year. still, al libi was some not u.s. wanted to get. >> he's also got this hollywood story because in 2005 he escaped from bagram air force base in afghanistan. he cut through some wire to get out of the compound there. >> reporter: u.s. officials say his kill sayi
barbara starr sat the pentagon and has the latest on the mission. barbara? >> wolf, we all used to talk about the notion of capturing or killing terrorists. today, another incident, straight for the kill. >> reporter: abu yahya al libi was one of the most important al qaeda leaders, often appearing in videos, but not a front line fighter himself. >> this is an individual who can recruit for al qaeda by calling its jihad a holy war and obligation for its followers to join in...
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pentagon officials say this overreliance on foreign oil is a matter of national security. it looks like these restrictions are going to go into effect. enough members of congress say the alternative just isn't affordable. wolf? >> chris lawrence, thanks for that report. her head was stuck in a jug. now, she is living high on the hog and looking for a new home. how one dog's life took a lucky turn thanks to social media and the kindness of strangers. jean jeanne moos is next. born to l, born to stalk, and born to pounce. to understand why, we journeyed to africa, where their wild ancestor was born. there we discovered that cats, no matter where they are... are born to be cats. and shouldn't your cat be who he was born to be? discover your cat's true nature. purina one. discover your cat's true nature. forty-five states have joined together... ...to ensure consistent academic standards across america. these internationally recognized benchmarks... ...are unlocking a better way to prepare our children for college and their careers. because when our kids do better... ...americ
pentagon officials say this overreliance on foreign oil is a matter of national security. it looks like these restrictions are going to go into effect. enough members of congress say the alternative just isn't affordable. wolf? >> chris lawrence, thanks for that report. her head was stuck in a jug. now, she is living high on the hog and looking for a new home. how one dog's life took a lucky turn thanks to social media and the kindness of strangers. jean jeanne moos is next. born to l,...
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our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, has this report. >> reporter: u.s. taxpayers spent more than $150 million in just 18 months here at the kabul national military hospital training afghans to look after their wounded. here is what that money bought. >> if there are children watching, please have them turn away or ask to leave the room. >> reporter: wounded, starving afghan patients. >> they're exceptionally grapc. >> reporter: testifying before congress retired and still serving u.s. officers who say american generals knew but didn't want the bad news to get out. congressman chaffetz quoted from testimony. >> oftentimes afghan doctors and nurses would demand bribes in exchange for care. those who could not afford to do so died in their hospital beds. >> reporter: surgeries with no painkillers and more. >> the open vats of blood draining out of soldiers' wounds, the feces on the floor. >> reporter: and for those tens of millions of dollars spent. >> medical supplies and equipment were hoarded, stored improperly and misused. >> reporter: retired colonel s
our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, has this report. >> reporter: u.s. taxpayers spent more than $150 million in just 18 months here at the kabul national military hospital training afghans to look after their wounded. here is what that money bought. >> if there are children watching, please have them turn away or ask to leave the room. >> reporter: wounded, starving afghan patients. >> they're exceptionally grapc. >> reporter: testifying before congress...
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. >> there are plans in place at the pentagon for the military option already. i know if you've been briefed on all that kind of stuff, but they do have plans to do that if the president of the united states were to give order. >> my guess is neither you nor i have full access to all the plans that might exist for military options. either on the part of the united states or our friends in israel. but i certainly hope our military under the direction of the president has, in fact, prepared a whole series of contingency plans, not only to prevent iran from becoming nuclear, but to respond for iran to become more belligerent in its efforts. so i can't speak for the military having not -- having seen their plans at this point. >> at some point you will be briefed by u.s. intelligence after the convention. >> after the convention i'll get a more full briefing on classified material, yes. >> i assume at that point you'll hear what i've been told -- i don't know what they are. but there are all sorts of military options. but just to be precise, if the political sanctio
. >> there are plans in place at the pentagon for the military option already. i know if you've been briefed on all that kind of stuff, but they do have plans to do that if the president of the united states were to give order. >> my guess is neither you nor i have full access to all the plans that might exist for military options. either on the part of the united states or our friends in israel. but i certainly hope our military under the direction of the president has, in fact,...
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. >> reporter: the pentagon, which has been a close ally of the eight foot tall bird, was asked about it at the briefing. >> i'm not going to get into politics here. i wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers, so to speak. >> reporter: but big bird has some conservatives a little plucked. they argue that it's time to stop funding public broadcast programs like sesame street, npr and the pbs news hour. brian darling is with the conservative heritage foundation. >> it's not well spent at all. using public funds to fund different news outlets, to fund entertainment programs, is not what the federal government should be doing and furthermore, it's a waste of money when there are so many private resources that are doing very similar functions. we all love big bird, but maybe it's time for him to go out and find a real job in the private sector and stop sponging off the federal government. >> reporter: is big bird part of the infamous 47%? well, here's how it breaks down. the corporation for public broadcasting receives about $445 million a year. 70% of that goes directly to local pbs stations
. >> reporter: the pentagon, which has been a close ally of the eight foot tall bird, was asked about it at the briefing. >> i'm not going to get into politics here. i wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers, so to speak. >> reporter: but big bird has some conservatives a little plucked. they argue that it's time to stop funding public broadcast programs like sesame street, npr and the pbs news hour. brian darling is with the conservative heritage foundation. >> it's not...
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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is working the story. barbara, what's going on? >> this turned into a high stakes legal fight between the federal government and the navy s.e.a.l. and the federal government is warning that it might consider legal action against him and his publisher. appearing on cbs's "60 minutes" in disguise, under a fake name, mark owen. this is the former navy s.e.a.l. that wrote "no easy day." his account of being on the raid that killed osama bin laden. >> my worry from the beginning, it is a political season. this book is not political whatsoever. doesn't bad mouth either party. >> he retained a washington, d.c. attorney that once represented bush white house adviser karl rove in the investigation into the outing of cia operative valerie plame. rove was not charged. this legal position is in question. he wrote he is in material breach and violation of agreements he signed to protect classified information and promising to submit his work to a security review. luskin wrote back saying the agreement only requires the government to review writ
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is working the story. barbara, what's going on? >> this turned into a high stakes legal fight between the federal government and the navy s.e.a.l. and the federal government is warning that it might consider legal action against him and his publisher. appearing on cbs's "60 minutes" in disguise, under a fake name, mark owen. this is the former navy s.e.a.l. that wrote "no easy day." his account of being on the raid that killed...
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and is the pentagon getting too cozy with hollywood? why some say the latest military films reveal too many national secrets. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm joe johns. and you're in "the situation room." >>> there were empty seats and walkouts at the united nations today ahead of what was expected to be a fiery offensive final speech from the provocative iranian president ahmadinejad. but while some of the usual rhetoric was there, this year's speech had a very different tone. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is in new york with the latest. jill. >> reporter: well, joe, it's not what some people expected. it was short on threats, but long on blame. ahmadinejad delivered his swan song to the u.n. general assembly. >> translator: the current world order is discriminatory and based on injustice. >> reporter: he did manage to work in some of his standard references to israel. >> translator: continued threats by the uncivilized to resort to military action against ou
and is the pentagon getting too cozy with hollywood? why some say the latest military films reveal too many national secrets. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm joe johns. and you're in "the situation room." >>> there were empty seats and walkouts at the united nations today ahead of what was expected to be a fiery offensive final speech from the provocative iranian president ahmadinejad. but while some of the usual...